What's your idea of the perfect laptop?
I've been in the market for a new laptop for a while. I'm not sure I'll ever find what I'm looking for though. I have 3 simple requirements I've yet to fulfill:
1) Left control key MUST be on the far left, not the Fn key. E.g. order must be (Ctrl | Fn | Windows Key | Alt | Space ....). And no the Fn key and Control key can't be remapped unless it's specifically supported in the BIOS. Fn keys work different then other keys.
2) Absolutely no fans or heat ventilation on the bottom. Nothing drives me crazier then putting a laptop on my lap, working for 15 minutes and watching the temp gauge sky rocket and it start to lag. Fans / Vents on the bottom are the easy way out but a terrible idea. Macbooks have this one right. Venting out the top and under the keys is a great design. They however fail #1.
3) The right shift key MUST be a full sized key. Not one of those half sized keys. It drive me nuts to arrow up half the time I'm trying to hit shift.
Sure I could just retrain my hands for 1 and 3. However I'm on a desktop at work 75% of the time so it's hard to "Switch modes" when I'm on a laptop.
I don't do a lot of gaming so I don't need a screamer. I mostly just browse, do some programming, movies, music, chat, etc. So most specs above "netbooks" will work.
I'm mainly rambling / venting. However if anyone has any suggestions of manufactures to look at I'm all ears. I thought I found a Toshiba laptop that would be perfect but it was discontinued before I could track it down. :/
Anyone else have any laptop quirks they can't find in a laptop yet?
I've been in the market for a new laptop for a while. I'm not sure I'll ever find what I'm looking for though. I have 3 simple requirements I've yet to fulfill:
1) Left control key MUST be on the far left, not the Fn key. E.g. order must be (Ctrl | Fn | Windows Key | Alt | Space ....). And no the Fn key and Control key can't be remapped unless it's specifically supported in the BIOS. Fn keys work different then other keys.
2) Absolutely no fans or heat ventilation on the bottom. Nothing drives me crazier then putting a laptop on my lap, working for 15 minutes and watching the temp gauge sky rocket and it start to lag. Fans / Vents on the bottom are the easy way out but a terrible idea. Macbooks have this one right. Venting out the top and under the keys is a great design. They however fail #1.
3) The right shift key MUST be a full sized key. Not one of those half sized keys. It drive me nuts to arrow up half the time I'm trying to hit shift.
Sure I could just retrain my hands for 1 and 3. However I'm on a desktop at work 75% of the time so it's hard to "Switch modes" when I'm on a laptop.
I don't do a lot of gaming so I don't need a screamer. I mostly just browse, do some programming, movies, music, chat, etc. So most specs above "netbooks" will work.
I'm mainly rambling / venting. However if anyone has any suggestions of manufactures to look at I'm all ears. I thought I found a Toshiba laptop that would be perfect but it was discontinued before I could track it down. :/
Anyone else have any laptop quirks they can't find in a laptop yet?
also has the HD4200 graphics card so i can play some games if i needed to. and i cant complain about the display 15.6 1366x768. Windows 7 professional. F spending over a grand on a laptop. I'm not into trying to impress people at starbucks
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